Thailand certainly seems to have enjoyed itself after celebrating Songkran for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic broke out.
Thailand’s alcoholic beverage sales jumped by 30% during the Songkran holiday, according to Thanakorn Kuptachit, an advisor to the Thai Alcohol Business Association. Related businesses such as restaurants, entertainment venues, hotels, and event organisers, also got a boost from Songkran.
Thanakorn noted that despite the surge in booze sales, there were fewer drink-related accidents than last year, The Pattaya News reported.
Thanakorn urged the new government, which is set to be elected in May, to extend legal closing times for nightspots and cancel the alcohol sale prohibition between 2pm and 5pm in tourist spots to boost tourism.
Some areas of Thailand, particularly in the country’s eastern region, have kept the party going…
